Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1887-12-16

F~Em anu 0arucn notes.
Save dry road dust for the hen houses.
Never smoke in barnyard or larn, nor
allow Others to do so.
After securing your crops see to mar
kcting them prodtably.
In setting out raspberry plants, don't
bury their roots too deep.
DO not leave farming tools and inn lie.
ments exposed to the weather..
Joseph Harris regards clover as the
great renovating crop OF American agri-
culture.
W. u. Philbricl says that potatoes and
roots of all kinds keep best in pits out Of
doors.
Cut down all worthless fruit trees.
They furnish harboring places for mum
bcrless insects.
'To dispute the excellence of milk
made from good cnsilage is TO fly in the
face of facts, " SO says John Gould.
For potato culture the Rsraf Ncr
lork,r advises TO manure the land in the
fall and pillow il under in the spring.
Tube rose bulbs that have bIoomcd
once are never to bc depended upon again
for good blooms, and are best thrown
away.
Kerosene is excellent for cleaning of
old hardened gummy oil that has accumu-
lated on mowers, sc.apcrs and other farm
machines.
Onions that freeze and thaw out often
will rot. Keep them from freezing. or
freeze them and keep them in that con
dition till spring
Select seed corn carefully from the best
Stalks, choosing the choicest ears, and
then hang them in a perfectly dry place
where they cannot freeze.
TO guard against poultry lice keep the
nests clean. oil the ioosts, and sprinkle
insect powder on the bodies of the fowls
aud dust il in their nests.
The offer of certain per cent. of the
net cash profits OF the fair rs premiums
is new departure in the system OF
awards at agricultural exhibitions.
According to Professor w. J. Beal, il
is by skillful green manuring that the
shifting sands OF Belgium have been
made the most fruitful fields of Europe.
Leather, as il slowly decomposes. gives
off fcrtilizing matter. Some people like
to bury old boots and shoes near grape
vines or trees where their valuable qunii-
ties are utilized.
During the summer great deal OF
rubbish collects in the garden, and per
haps in the orchard. All this ought TO
be rakcd up aud burned and otherwise
disposed of. If left on the ground it
furnishes feeding for insects.
As rule, all summer pruning cllccks
growth, aud by producing maturity of
wood and fruit buds, induces fruitful.
ness. All winter and early spring prun.
ing favors growth, < e., causes more
exuberant growth in the parts remain.
ing.
The Massachusetts Plongsman says the
best way TO save liquid manure is 10 pro-
vide absorbents in the barn cellar. Tx
cellent absorbcnts are dry meadow muck.
or dry sand or loan: these can be used in
bedding. sawdust is highly recon
mcnded, but while il is a good absorbent
il is not valuable for its fcrtili1ing dual
ity. The liquid manure i considered rs
one-half in fertilizing value tothe manure
of the animal
lady who claims to have had twenty
years success offers this recipe in the
Ohio fdrDier, for keeping eggs. Take
good fresh eggs aud rub them over with
melted lard, thus closing the pores Of the
shell. Then put layer Of oats or bran
in q box aud layer Of eggs, setting
them on the small end and not allowing
them 70 touch each other, separating
them by oats or bran. In this way OH
the box and the eggs will keep fresh.
a poultry-raiser tells the Maine Far.
1'er that when lac cuts chickens wings
hc gets some one to hold the bird; then
takes the wing aud stretches IL out. and
with q sharp knife commences near The
body, leaving three or four Of the quill
feathers next the body without cutting,
and cuts all the rest except three or four
at the tip end That will take the wind
out Of thoir sails and prevent flying. The
feathers left at the tip 81 the wing en-
ablcs the hon 20 keep her eggs In place
II you let her sit. and when tie wing Is
shut upit does not disfpnre her.